Project Manager - Freelance

SGK is a global brand experience company. From idea to implementation, we deliver packaging solutions and brand experiences that give brands the freedom to speak louder, scale faster and grow stronger. We simplify marketing and amplify brands to deliver value. SGK is a Matthews International company.

Position Summary

The Project Manager plans, coordinates, and manages the execution of various projects, ensuring adherence to all project performance targets such as timing, cost, quality, and achievement of proposed benefits/return. This role gathers project requirements, establishes project plans, confirms cost structures and oversees the overall execution of the project. The Project Manager interacts with various teams, departments and clients to ensure the project maintains its critical path.

We seek a candidate with experience managing large-scale rollouts, particularly in event production, merchandising implementations, and campaign execution specifically in branded retail spaces. The ability to manage multiple stakeholders, adhere to tight deadlines, and maintain a high level of quality across all deliverables is essential for this role. This role will span from Mid-February to Early May 2025.

Skills

• Resourcefulness – the ability to think thru a challenge and find ways to solve. Able to bring together what they already know, who they’ve met that has relevant information/skills, ways they can approach a problem.
• Curiosity & Ability to Learn – willingness to explore/immerse in/learn something new or different to suit each project. Willingness to make a mistake and learn from it.
• Innovative Thinking – being open-minded, considering evidence, using reasoning skills, seeking alternatives, clarity of thought that improve projects.
• Be the communication hub for client and creative – Ablity to understand client feedback and willing to ask clarifying questions or provide proactive solutions
• Organize - Ablity to either develop their own consistent and organized way to manage documents/emails/projects/to do’s/ etc. or to adopt/adapt someone else’s. Maintain the organizational system consistently so are easily accessible
• Lead - Display Leadership level confidence to own projects/teams and in interpersonal work
  
  

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management or related field
• 6 years of previous project management experience in special events and onsite brand experiences
• Occasional travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required.
• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning)
• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting
  
  

PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk, hear and see.
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
  
  

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